A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.

Excerpted from "The Analects of Confucius·Shuerpian"

Explanation: A gentleman is broad-minded and calm. The villain is preoccupied with everything, worrying about gains and losses.

A gentleman is open-minded, calm and calm, frank and clean in his thoughts, and his appearance and movements appear to be very comfortable and stable. Villains have too many desires in their hearts, have a heavy psychological burden, care about everything, and worry about gains and losses.

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The specific explanation of the word "gentleman" began with Confucius.

Before Confucius, the term "junzi" was mainly discussed from a political perspective, and the main meaning of "junzi" was "jun".

"Jun" means Congyin and Congkou. "Yin" means managing affairs; "口" means issuing orders. The combined meaning is: giving orders and governing the country.

"The Book of Songs·Gu Feng Zhi Shi·Dadong": "What a gentleman walks on is what a villain sees." This means that princes and nobles can walk on it, but ordinary people can only look at it with empty eyes. It talks about the hierarchical differences between people.

This refers to a gentleman or a villain, who is in power and faces the common people. Gentlemen lead his way, and villains serve him.

"Spring and Autumn Zuo Zhuan·Xiang Gong Ninth Year": "A gentleman works hard with his mind, while a villain works hard" means that a gentleman is engaged in mental work, and a villain is engaged in physical labor.

The gentleman and villain here still focus on status rather than moral character.

By the time of Confucius, the word gentleman began to have the attribute of moral quality.

The word gentleman has multiple meanings:

1. It refers to a person with talent and virtue. "If you are knowledgeable and strong in knowledge but give in, and do good deeds without slacking off, you are called a gentleman." (Book of Rites, Quli)

2. It is called a person in power.

3. Alias ??for bamboo, lotus and chrysanthemum. 4. Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called the four gentlemen.

5. The wife calls her husband. "I have never seen a gentleman, so I am worried." (The Book of Songs, Zhao Nan)

6. Honorific titles for ancestors.

7. Refers to men. "Guan Guan Suijiu, on the island of the river, a graceful lady, a gentleman who likes to fight." (The Book of Songs, Zhou Nan)

8. Those in the upper position. "That gentleman is here, and he is not a vegetarian." (The Book of Songs, Fa Tan) "If there is no gentleman, don't govern the barbarians, and if there are no barbarians, don't raise the gentlemen." (Mencius, Teng Wengong)

9. Good scholars. "The Master said: A gentleman has nothing to eat and nothing to live in, and nothing to live in peace; if he is sensitive to things and careful in his words, he will be righteous and righteous, and he can be said to be eager to learn." (The Analects of Confucius, Xue Er) Generally speaking, the word gentleman Not just one thing. There are many explanations, and it is easy to be confused.